Romney on Huckabee

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  • Posted By: vchewy @ 12/13/2007 10:13:48 PM

    Laughable!!! Ya, if Huck said and did the same thing with my faith I would see it as an attack. He knows better and he knows what he did. He used sensationalism and took something out of context purposefully. I know Mormons and their doctrine. The suburb I lived in outside of Phoenix was half Mormon. Everyone knows that is an anti-Mormon statement used to play on people's ignorance. I lost my respect for this guy. He has more skeletons in his closet than Rudy. He is a joke. He plays on the prejudice and ignorance of others. His question was not innocent and if you knew background on Huck, you would fully understand.
    What an embarrassment to America that he is doing good in Iowa. The international community and the democrats are laughing!!!! Look at Huck's interview in the New York Times Magazine. He looks like a fool. The National Review backed Romney because he actually has a chance. That is why anyone with any education and knowledge is also backing Romney. There is a reason that Huck's fellow Christian leader's are backing Romney more than him.

  • Posted By: Elbeau @ 12/13/2007 5:15:47 PM

    This article skews the facts. There's a BIG difference between providing scholarships and "IN STATE" tuition, which is Huckster's written policy, and Romney saying he doesn't want to make life harder for children who didn't jump the fence themselves. Huckster gives incentives for illegal immigration, Romney leaves the children alone and goes after the parents who entered the country illegally.

    • Posted By: Brian Pearson @ 12/13/2007 9:24:40 PM

      I think you are a bit confused. It is Huckabee who doesn't want to make things harder for the kids. It would be more of a burden for the state if kids of illegals were not educated and or they were not allowed admission to hospitals. Huckabee is adamant about having a strong policy against illegal immigration as he has described it on his site: http://tinyurl.com/22cvs2

  • Posted By: everyday @ 12/13/2007 5:26:58 PM

    Here is a fact check for you. Mike Huckabee the Baptist preacher "Christian Leader" has been caught again in another flat out lie. He has lied about the DuMond rape case and now about not knowing much about the Mormon religion. He thought he knew enough to address the Southern Baptist Convention in 1998 in Salt Lake City about the evils of Mormonism. At that conference they tried to do missionary work to convert Utah Mormons to Christianity with literature filled with half truths and slander towards Mormons. Oh, just like Arkansas Governor Clinton smoked pot but did not inhale, Arkansas Governor Huckabee passed out Anti-Mormon literature that he did not read! Right!

    • Posted By: tumordoctor @ 12/13/2007 8:53:41 PM

      Boy, what irony. Christians trying to "convert Mormons with half-truths"? Funny. Mormons try to convert just about everyone with half truths. Most people, unfortunately, are ignorant enough to think that it's just a Christian "denomination". The only problem I have with Huckabee is that he very well did know the differences, and I'd have had a lot more respect for him had he not played dumb...and lied.

  • Posted By: GiantRobot2 @ 12/13/2007 8:44:12 PM

    Mitt Romney is the Republican Howard Dean!!! Read all about it!

    After the Iowa debate yesterday Mitt Romney stopped in Marion, Iowa to give a speech at Linn-Mar High School. He said the following:

    ???And I???m convinced the world will remember as well because you???re going to do something which people don???t expect, which is give me a victory,??? Romney said. ???And then I???m going to New Hampshire where I???m pretty solidly in the lead in New Hampshire, and I???m gonna be in Nevada, and I???m gonna win Nevada, and I???m gonna be in Wyoming, and I???ll win that one and Michigan. And we???re gonna do pretty *** well???that???s at least what I plan."

    .... Yahhh Hip Ha!!!

    Everybody is reading all about this now. Mitt Romney is Howard Dean all over again. The media and the Democrats will now play this over and over and over and over.

    This is what brought down Howard Dean and now is bringing down Mitt Romney. Republicans don''t need another Howard Dean.

    .... Yahhh Hip Ha!!!


  • Posted By: Cook Angus @ 12/13/2007 8:33:57 PM

    Mike Huckabee is as straight as an arrow. He hasn't changed his positions on bed rock conservative issues as has some others. The Romney ad is disingenous at best and deceitful at worst. The same can be said for the tax attack ad by a group who has "who knows what" kind of agenda against Mike. His history on taxes, right to life, pro family and immigration is flawless. Check it out.There is not another candidate with more experience at governing than Mike. He is as principaled as they come. I LIKE MIKE!

  • Posted By: everyday @ 12/13/2007 5:25:53 PM

    Here is a fact check for you. Mike Huckabee the Baptist preacher "Christian Leader" has been caught again in another flat out lie. He has lied about the DuMond rape case and now about not knowing much about the Mormon religion. He thought he knew enough to address the Southern Baptist Convention in 1998 in Salt Lake City about the evils of Mormonism. At that conference they tried to do missionary work to convert Utah Mormons to Christianity with literature filled with half truths and slander towards Mormons. Oh, just like Arkansas Governor Clinton smoked pot but did not inhale, Arkansas Governor Huckabee passed out Anti-Mormon literature that he did not read! Right!

  • Posted By: Elbeau @ 12/13/2007 5:16:47 PM

    This article skews the facts. There's a BIG difference between providing scholarships and "IN STATE" tuition, which is Huckster's written policy, and Romney saying he doesn't want to make life harder for children who didn't jump the fence themselves. Huckster gives incentives for illegal immigration, Romney leaves the children alone and goes after the parents who entered the country illegally.

  • Posted By: ljpitcher @ 12/13/2007 4:41:37 PM

    It couldn???t be more black and white. Objections to Huckabee include playing identity politics, pardons for criminals, reducing the penalties for meth lab dealers, taxing and spending - he increased spending from $6 billion to $16 billion. He has not refuted of changed any of these positions excluding some changes in his tax positions. Also, giving his recent comment, coming in the Sunday edition of Newsweek, slurring Mormons we can only assume he is either glibly naive or slyly deceptive (thankfully he has apologized) neither of which are acceptable characteristics for a President of the United States.

  • Posted By: auzziesquire @ 12/13/2007 2:45:44 PM

    I'll be honest, I have not read much about Huckabee's record in Arkansas, and I do not doubt that he had good approval ratings. He portrays to live by the bible, and says he's the only one with a theologian degree. But one of the alarming issues that I have with him, is that he says he doesn't know much about the lds(mormons), even with his theologian degree, and then slips in a derogatory question about the LDS faith. I for one would like to know whether Huckabee knew the answer to his own question before he asked it. This will tell a lot about his integrity as a Christian. And if he really didn't know the answer (even though southern baptist preach this in there sermons), then maybe he should explain reasoning for asking. Huckabee's whole strategy seems to be building on the uncertainty of Romney's religion. If you want to know more about Romney's religion maybe you should talk to his church.

  • Posted By: erox @ 12/13/2007 2:05:51 PM

    Wow. You guys at Newsweek are really threatened by Mitt Romney. You must want the Dems to win because there's no way Huckabee can beat them. I think most people will see what your agenda is here... MITT ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: robert45 @ 12/13/2007 2:04:23 PM

    What is wrong with Huckabee's Arkansas record? The people of Arkansas love him...his approval rating there are great and he is getting great support from the state. A poll last week shows Huckabee being the ONLY candidate who could beat Obama and Hillary in the state. That also says something to me. Compare that to Romney who did not have good approval ratings in MA...including among Republicans. Now that tells me something about record.

  • Posted By: SylviaAhern @ 12/13/2007 2:00:38 PM

    Oh, why do conservatives see a hidden aganda under every rock? If Huckabee gets nominated, it won't be because the liberals want it, even though this Creationist cretin might be quite the easiest to defeat.

  • Posted By: vchewy @ 12/13/2007 2:00:22 PM

    I am losing respect for this magazine! It is obvious that Newsweek is biased against Romney because of his outstanding credentials. This is becoming ridiculous!!! Yes, Huck is embarrassing and the international community would have a laughing fest. We all know that only Romney could beat the democrats and this magazine is full aware of this. Huck has more skeletons in his closet than Rudy. Romney has everything and the National Review endorsed him even after he started slipping in Iowa. Huck is getting the vote of the ignorant and uneducated. If you loook at both candidates, it is obvious that Romney shines. Romney can beat the democrat nominee. He proves that he is not corrupted with all that he has. This will keep him grounded through his time as president.

  • Posted By: tagle425 @ 12/13/2007 1:51:37 PM

    Is this article for real? Huckabee bias al the way. Huckaaaabeee is so unelectable its not even funny. Maybe he should try to run for divine office. Thi is not a theocracy huckadork!

  • Posted By: balssy @ 12/13/2007 1:34:42 PM

    Well, when a left-leaning publication is repeatedly coming to the defense of Mike Huckabee, it tells me a lot. It tells me that, as was reported by other outlets this week, that the democrats and liberals want Huckabee as the republican nominee.

  • Posted By: Stuckem @ 12/13/2007 1:30:58 PM

    Newsweek and the liberal media in general is so Pro-Huckabee it is laughable. It is smart however of you folks to push a defeatable candidate with a terrible record in Arkansas so you can get your Beloved Hillary in office. Good thinking......just don't make it so laughably obvious. Americans are not that dumb.

  • Posted By: True Edwardian @ 12/13/2007 1:28:45 PM

    Highly "biased," indeed! Looks like the political party bias of this so-called news periodical is showing its slip, as it were, by essentially backing Hick-he-be, so as to overtly promote the least likely and far and away the most exceedingly unacceptable, decidedly most uncouth, and silly-stupid-fundamentalist of all candidates to defeat the Democrat candidate, whomever he (the ever mendacious Hillbillery will not be the candidate) is next fall. Romney is the best candidate of either party and if the media would conduct surveys with more than three-hundred participants, he would be shown as the overwhelming favorite, when 1,000 is the least number of persons one can employ for any sort of survey and have the number be mathematically meaningful or remotely reflective of the temperment of the polity questioned. Even the potential value of the Christer fundamentalist vote, those of very small brain, to include the general and vacuous citizen of Iowa, is vastly overrated and should be discounted to a larger degree that at present. New Hampshire, with its populace of much better educated and wiser New Englanders, has always been the real key to success in the presidential primaries and remains so to-day. As well, Hick-he-be places nowhere amongst the more commonsensical electorate in other primary states, and has never attracted either donors (or investors in politicians and the goodies they can grant) or a cadre of loyal workers, which should inform all of the nonexistent abilities of the midwestern aforementioned pig farmers in discerning a viable and rationally-selected presidential candidate.

  • Posted By: Edwardian @ 12/13/2007 1:27:19 PM

    Highly "biased," indeed! Looks like the political party bias of this so-called news periodical is showing its slip, as it were, by essentially backing Hick-he-be, so as to overtly promote the least likely and far and away the most exceedingly unacceptable, decidedly most uncouth, and silly-stupid-fundamentalist of all candidates to defeat the Democrat candidate, whomever he (the ever mendacious Hillbillery will not be the candidate) is next fall. Romney is the best candidate of either party and if the media would conduct surveys with more than three-hundred participants, he would be shown as the overwhelming favorite, when 1,000 is the least number of persons one can employ for any sort of survey and have the number be mathematically meaningful or remotely reflective of the temperment of the polity questioned. Even the potential value of the Christer fundamentalist vote, those of very small brain, to include the general and vacuous citizen of Iowa, is vastly overrated and should be discounted to a larger degree that at present. New Hampshire, with its populace of much better educated and wiser New Englanders, has always been the real key to success in the presidential primaries and remains so to-day. As well, Hick-he-be places nowhere amongst the more commonsensical electorate in other primary states, and has never attracted either donors (or investors in politicians and the goodies they can grant) or a cadre of loyal workers, which should inform all of the nonexistent abilities of the midwestern aforementioned pig farmers in discerning a viable and rationally-selected presidential candidate.

  • Posted By: auzziesquire @ 12/13/2007 12:28:48 PM

    This article was very biased, and took Romney's words out of context. If your going to point out facts, maybe you could point out more than just a few lines of what Mitt Romney has said years ago. I could do the same thing you just did to any candidate and any future candidate.

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